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Janet McTeer

Janet McTeer

Actor, also producer and writer · Born August 5, 1961 (65) · Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK

Golden Globe winner · Oscar nominee · Primetime Emmy nominee · 4 other major award bodies

Janet McTeer OBE (born 5 August 1961) is an English actress. She began her career training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art before earning acclaim for playing diverse roles on stage and screen in both period pieces and modern dramas. She has received numerous accolades, including a Tony Award, an Olivier Award, a Golden Globe Award and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2008, she was appointed as an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for her services in drama. McTeer made her professional stage debut in 1984 and was nominated for the 1986 Olivier Award for Best Newcomer for The Grace of Mary Traverse. She received the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her A Doll's House performance in 1997. For her roles on Broadway, she received two other nominations for Mary Stuart in 2009 and Bernhardt/Hamlet in 2019. McTeer has also gained acclaim for her film roles, having received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Actress in Tumbleweeds in 1999 and the other for Best Supporting Actress in Albert Nobbs in 2011. Other roles include Wuthering Heights (1992), Carrington (1995), Velvet Goldmine (1998), Songcatcher (2000), As You Like It (2006), The Divergent Series (2015–2016), and The Menu (2022).  On television, she starred in the title role of Lynda La Plante's The Governor (1995–1996). She received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for portraying Clementine Churchill in the HBO film Into the Storm (2009). She is also known for her roles in Damages (2012), The White Queen (2013), The Honourable Woman (2014), Jessica Jones (2018), Sorry for Your Loss (2018–2019), and Ozark (2018–2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Janet McTeer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Born
August 5, 1961 (65)
From
Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England, UK
Works as
Actor, also producer and writer
Titles
50 on Motif · 73 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 25% in 30 days

What are Janet McTeer's films like?

Across their 37 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Drama16 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 62nd percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Biography5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Biography movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 56th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their Motif films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
30%
Self
19%
Morality
17%
Power
13%
Survival
10%
Society
6%
Ideas
4%
Romantic love12 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity7 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass5 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose6 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation5 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief4 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 28 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 6 · Dark 16

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 15 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 1 · Charged 18 · Intense 9

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 7 · Shifting 18 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 19 · Some laughs 8 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 18 · Even-paced 9 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 4 · Engaged 18 · Full focus 6

Heavy: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their heavy movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 2 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 15

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 12 · Open-ended 10 · Ambiguous 6

Roles they play

20 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 5 of 20 analyzed roles.

Ally
5 of 20
Hero
5 of 20
Shadow
4 of 20
Threshold guardian
3 of 20
Mentor
2 of 20
Herald
1 of 20
Show the 20 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
23
Melancholic
23
Dread
12
Romantic
7
Bittersweet
7
Other
29

How their films linger

Bittersweet19 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting12 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 5 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet22
  • Tragic4
  • Ambiguous7

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Janet McTeer's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 36 of their 50 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (11).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Janet McTeer's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

73 credits, 50 with a Motif page; 7 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Harry Potter(2026)

    Show 1 episode · as Minerva McGonagall

  • The Artist (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2025)

    Show 6 episodes · as Marian Henry

  • Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning(2025)

    as Walters

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • MobLand(2025)

    Show 14 episodes · as Kat McAllister

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Kaos(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Hera

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Julius Caesar: The Making of a Dictator(2023)

    Show 3 episodes · as Narrator

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows

  • National Theatre Live: Phaedra (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2023)

    as Helen

  • The Menu(2022)

    as Lillian

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • The Old Man(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · as Marion

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all shows

  • Glimpse(2022)

    as Lucienne

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Disclosure(2020)

    as Hubert Page / Self (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films

  • Gangs of London(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Isabel Vaughn

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all shows

  • Sorry for Your Loss(2018)

    Show 20 episodes · as Amy

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all shows

  • Angelica(2015)

    as Anne Montague

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Ozark(2017)

    Show 17 episodes · as Helen Pierce

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • The Exception(2016)

    as Princess Hermine 'Hermo' Reuss of Greiz

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Paint It Black(2016)

    Executive Producer · as Meredith

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Me Before You(2016)

    as Camilla Traynor

    Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films

  • The Divergent Series: Allegiant(2016)

    as Edith Prior

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • National Theatre Live: Les Liaisons Dangereuses (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2016)

    as La Marquise de Merteuil

  • Jessica Jones(2015)

    Show 13 episodes · as Alisa Jones

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all shows

  • Fathers & Daughters(2015)

    as Carolyn

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • The Divergent Series: Insurgent(2015)

    as Edith Prior

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Battle Creek(2015)

    Show 13 episodes · as Commander Guziewicz

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows

  • The Honorable Woman(2014)

    Show 8 episodes · as Julia Walsh

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all shows

  • Maleficent(2014)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The White Queen(2013)

    Show 10 episodes · as Jacquetta of Luxembourg

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all shows

  • Hannah Arendt(2012)

    as Mary McCarthy

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Parade's End(2012)

    Show 5 episodes · as Mrs. Satterthwaite

    Midcredits score: 65th percentile of all shows

  • The Woman in Black(2012)

    as Mrs. Daily

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • Albert Nobbs(2011)

    as Hubert Page

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Island (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    as Phyllis

  • Cat Run(2011)

    as Helen Bingham

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Weekends at Bellevue (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2011)

    as Diane Wallace

  • Psychoville (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as Cheryl

  • Into the Storm(2009)

    as Clementine Churchill

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Hunter (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 2 episodes · as DS Amy Foster

  • Sense & Sensibility(2008)

    Show 3 episodes · as Mrs. Dashwood

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Damages(2007)

    Show 9 episodes · as Kate Franklin

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • Daphne(2007)

    as Gertrude Lawrence

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Five Days(2007)

    Show 10 episodes · as DS Amy Foster

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all shows

  • The Amazing Mrs Pritchard (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2006)

    Show 6 episodes · as Catherine Walker

  • As You Like It(2006)

    as Audrey

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • Tideland(2005)

    as Dell

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Anne Protheroe

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Intended(2002)

    Writer · as Sarah Morris

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Songcatcher (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2001)

    as Professor Lily Penleric, PhD

  • The King Is Alive(2000)

    as Liz

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Waking the Dead(2000)

    as Caroline Pierce

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Tumbleweeds(1999)

    as Mary Jo Walker

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Velvet Goldmine(1998)

    as Female Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Saint-Ex(1996)

    as Genevieve de Ville-Franche

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Carrington(1995)

    as Vanessa Bell

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Governor (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1995)

    Show 12 episodes · as Helen Hewitt

  • Don't Leave Me This Way(1993)

    as Loretta Lawson

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Dead Romantic (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1993)

    as Madeleine Severn

  • Wuthering Heights(1992)

    as Ellen Dean

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • A Masculine Ending (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1992)

    as Loretta Lawson

  • I Dreamt I Woke Up (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1991)

    as Mysterious Woman/Lady of the Lake/Journalist

  • Prince (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1991)

    as Adult Claudie

  • The Black Velvet Gown(1991)

    as Riah Millican

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • 102 Boulevard Haussmann (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    as Céleste Albaret

  • Sweet Nothing (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    as Caroline

  • Portrait of a Marriage (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 4 episodes · as Vita Sackville-West

  • Yellowbacks (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1990)

    as Dr Juliet Horwitz

  • Screen One (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Adult Claudie

  • Precious Bane(1989)

    as Prue Sarn

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • Hawks(1988)

    as Hazel

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • Les Girls (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 7 episodes · as Susan

  • The Play on One (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1988)

    Show 1 episode · as Dr Juliet Horwitz

  • Miss Julie (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1987)

    as Miss Julie

  • Half Moon Street(1986)

    as Van Arkady's Secretary

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • Screen Two (not in the Motif catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Céleste Albaret · as Madeleine Severn

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 73 titles, 72 of them dated from 1985 to 2025; peak year 2016.

Biggest box office

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025)

$599M worldwide

Highest rated

Me Before You (2016)

Midcredits 91st

Most popular right now

Jessica Jones (2015)

Film career

MilestoneAward winNomination
19852025

Peak 2016 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 10 Motif titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

Show 2 more milestones

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting73 of 73: 71 only acting, 2 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thWriting1 of 73: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 73: 0 only producing, 1 with another role

By decade

1980s8 · acting1990s16 · acting2000s15 · 15 acting · 1 crew2010s22 · 22 acting · 1 crew2020s11 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 8% of 24 roles
860116

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Golden Globe and 1 other major award from 15 major nominations, 2000–2021.

WinNomination
  1. 2021
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Critics Choice Award, nominated · Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
  2. 2019
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
  3. 2014
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  4. 2012
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
    • +1 other major body · 1 nomination
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Supporting Female
  5. 2010
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
  6. 2009
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie
  7. 2000
    • Oscar, nominated · Best Actress in a Leading Role
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
    • +2 other major bodies · 1 win and 1 nomination
      • Sundance award, won · Dramatic
      • Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best Female Lead

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Janet McTeer's films land?

Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 64th percentile, the median of all 33; across their 28 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Approval · how many liked their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Reach · how many have seen their films

79thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 28

Midcredits score across 49 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up19
  • 50th to 74th18
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

31 of their 49 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved5
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser31
  • Mixed12

Most divisive · actor

Glimpse (2022)

88th percentile spread · 59% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Disclosure (2020)

Midcredits 98th · 88% liked

Reviewers score the acting 78/100 in their films, across 26 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Janet McTeer's work okay for kids?

Across up to 20 Motif titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore10 titles31–79 · median 60 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity20 titles19–72 · median 52 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles31–73 · median 44 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs11 titles28–75 · median 39 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles32–79 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Janet McTeer work with?

People who share at least 2 of Janet McTeer's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Mark Mylod shares the most, 2.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Cinematographers and editors

Producers